I would rather have a thomas crapper than a light bar and spotlamps 
Kate:
T’is funny how this thread has come up…
My truck has under bunk access to one of the outside lockers.
Recently me and our kid were talking of the possibility of putting a ‘portaloo’ in that locker. Dead simple, lift bunk to use, open locker at a later point, to remove cassette.
So far I’ve not got round to putting it in, but the idea is there.Damned good idea methinks
Great minds think alike…since this thread has come up, I had the same sort of idea about having the cassette for the loo accessed through the locker.
I have FAR to much time on my hands at the moment
WILL SOMEBODY PLEEEEEEESE GET ON AND MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Driving an 08 Daf at the moment and it’s got a fridge which is a bit ‘enthusiastic’ (it’s frozen my bananas) could put whatever in there and save it for later disposal 
Mikejk:
Driving an 08 Daf at the moment and it’s got a fridge which is a bit ‘enthusiastic’ (it’s frozen my bananas) could put whatever in there and save it for later disposal
So you saying…freeze ya log, and dispose of it later?
Cool. Mind ya don’t get it mixed up with ya chorizo sausage tho!! 
It is interesting to reflect that most cases of stomach complaints (diarrhoeia & vomiting, etc) in the UK is through poor individual hygiene and not through food bound pathogens.
So whilst the nation becomes paranoid of sell-by/use-by dates on food, the real threat remains through a lot of people having poor hygiene, ie, they/we’re not washing our hands when it is appropriate.
So, if the nation is a bunch of mingers by blanking handbasins at fixed locations (we’ve all seen folk swan-out of the bog without washing their hands) then soiling in ones (fleet?) cab is hardly conducive to a healthy workplace. We can start by challenging these mingers at work before ‘we’ campaign to take our industry potentially further into the grime and grot toward having perma-trots via cab-bogs as the filthy herberts use their bug-laden paws on the Tea-Machine selector buttons…
(Ask yourself why hospitals are full of bugs …yes, mingers frequent them too).
Happy Keith:
It is interesting to reflect that most cases of stomach complaints (diarrhoeia & vomiting, etc) in the UK is through poor individual hygiene and not through food bound pathogens.So whilst the nation becomes paranoid of sell-by/use-by dates on food, the real threat remains through a lot of people having poor hygiene, ie, they/we’re not washing our hands when it is appropriate.
So, if the nation is a bunch of mingers by blanking handbasins at fixed locations (we’ve all seen folk swan-out of the bog without washing their hands) then soiling in ones (fleet?) cab is hardly conducive to a healthy workplace. We can start by challenging these mingers at work before ‘we’ campaign to take our industry potentially further into the grime and grot toward having perma-trots via cab-bogs as the filthy herberts use their bug-laden paws on the Tea-Machine selector buttons…
(Ask yourself why hospitals are full of bugs …yes, mingers frequent them too).
Keith. I dont know what part of utopia you live in, but the rest of us have to use the “facilities” available. These may consist of an uncleaned toilet bowl with the seat either cracked or normally missing, maybe it is fastened with a single hinge. The washing facilities are not a lot better, many places have a single basin hardly big enough to wet a digit with a trickle of cold water.
These are not the odd cafe in the sticks, it is often seen in drivers waiting rooms, pub toilets and transport depots. The only response we get if you dare to complain is an out of order sign sellotaped to the cistern.
Yes i agree, the reason hospitals are full of bugs is because they allow members of the public in them, the other reason is because they are not cleaned often enough or properly in the first place.
So if a driver can use their own facility, the health of the nation may improve rather than decline. There are dozens of hygiene products on the market that do not require water, such as antisceptic wipes. These are used throughout the food industry and even by the medical profession in their bug ridden hospitals.
It seems like you have been spoilt by having a constant supply of toilets and tea machines at your disposal, it is interesting that you quote the hygiene standards for the UK as it is the UK with the problem.
I dont see the hedgerows and verges littered with carrier bags of preserved faecal waste and bottles of pale fizzing liquid in the rest of Europe.
I would rather have my own in-cab facility, rather than a non existent or apartheid driver facilities.
Happy Keith:
It is interesting to reflect that most cases of stomach complaints (diarrhoeia & vomiting, etc) in the UK is through poor individual hygiene and not through food bound pathogens.So whilst the nation becomes paranoid of sell-by/use-by dates on food, the real threat remains through a lot of people having poor hygiene, ie, they/we’re not washing our hands when it is appropriate.
So, if the nation is a bunch of mingers by blanking handbasins at fixed locations (we’ve all seen folk swan-out of the bog without washing their hands) then soiling in ones (fleet?) cab is hardly conducive to a healthy workplace. We can start by challenging these mingers at work before ‘we’ campaign to take our industry potentially further into the grime and grot toward having perma-trots via cab-bogs as the filthy herberts use their bug-laden paws on the Tea-Machine selector buttons…
(Ask yourself why hospitals are full of bugs …yes, mingers frequent them too).
easy option dont use one!
i would use one if the need arose as a matter of better to do it in a dirty toilet than in my pants and have to sit in them all day and on the seat therfore spreading a lot more disease than by not washing my hands until i get to a service area.
if you did a survey of all the drivers i believe that it would be a minority that would not welcome it in thier cab.
excellent idea mr vain, if you ever get it patented let us know!
Happy Keith:
It is interesting to reflect that most cases of stomach complaints (diarrhoeia & vomiting, etc) in the UK is through poor individual hygiene and not through food bound pathogens.So whilst the nation becomes paranoid of sell-by/use-by dates on food, the real threat remains through a lot of people having poor hygiene, ie, they/we’re not washing our hands when it is appropriate.
So, if the nation is a bunch of mingers by blanking handbasins at fixed locations (we’ve all seen folk swan-out of the bog without washing their hands) then soiling in ones (fleet?) cab is hardly conducive to a healthy workplace. We can start by challenging these mingers at work before ‘we’ campaign to take our industry potentially further into the grime and grot toward having perma-trots via cab-bogs as the filthy herberts use their bug-laden paws on the Tea-Machine selector buttons…
(Ask yourself why hospitals are full of bugs …yes, mingers frequent them too).
you’v got that disorder hav’nt you ■■? you know the one !! its the one were you cant stop washing your hands …oh whats it called ■■
and i don’t swan out of anywhere thankyou , i’m a wagon driver not a ballet dancer …
Wheel Nut:
Keith. I dont know what part of utopia you live in
From the opener telling us what a down-to-earth, good-ol’-lad you are via a side-swipe of personalised nonsense, through to something about
Wheel Nut:
apartheid driver facilities.
(an arguably random yet peurile notion) …I’m sure that we’re all welcome to ‘wipe’ both hands and anuses with those marvellous products that are evidently out there but which many people don’t use very efficiently . Therein lies the crux that some appear adamant not to acknowledge.
I drive a mix of ‘communal’ day/sleeper units, many of which are grubby. I don’t usually work in an allocated, one-man ■■■■■ paradise & never wish to see crocheted bog-roll covers next to my flask and sarnies in those that I do get given.
I’m not fearful of the prospect of ‘comodes-in-cabs’ since it aint gonna happen large-scale. Why?
a) it would be happening already if there was a large enough corporate demand - it’s not as if bogs are a recent ‘need’, eh.
b) I don’t believe the mandarins of UK/European society would tolerate it for normal haulage work. This would include those with both health & welfare oversight concluding that no net benefit would emerge from a gross practice in an otherwise dedicated working place within a (supposed) civilised society.
c) It has no bearing on the flavour of the season in being even vaguely green…so whose gonna sanction spending precious fossil fuel on the added burden of carting human waste up/down the M1?
If we as drivers have a problem with MSA’s, truckstops, (non) facilities, etc then I reasonably argue that we should address the big issue rather than potentially scuttle-off to our myriad mobile dunnies. (I also don’t wanna be laughed at down the pub: The Viz analogy or drivers being rapists & murderers I can cope with but having an office in a bog is one step too far…!)
There may be more bugs on a food chopping board than a lav seat but I’d sooner work adjacent to the former in my wagon, ta.
bowser:
'…and i don’t swan out of anywhere thankyou , i’m a wagon driver not a ballet dancer …
Fair point, Bowse. I’m guilty by polarising the ‘prima-donna’ in suit /hi-viz who is too posh/hard to wash and amend it by suggesting that whilst some swan, many walk normally and others knuckle-scrape…
DAFMAD:
Are you sure you know what you’re talking about ?
No mate, I’m as mad as a fish 
Happy Keith:
Fair point, Bowse. I’m guilty by polarising the ‘prima-donna’ in suit /hi-viz who is too posh/hard to wash and amend it by suggesting that whilst some swan, many walk normally and others knuckle-scrape…
Dude, can you not talk normally? What did you actually say with that? 
P.S. I have an advanced case of that hand washing disorder…Obsessive Compulsive Disorder I think my shrink called it. If I even think about a toilet, I have to go have a shower…oh bugger, there I go again…just nipping off for another full body sterilisation session…
You are obviously a lucky man that you are able to use well maintained company facilities.
Unfortunately, for the lower echelon of transport workers, in our ■■■■■ paradise, we often come across places that do operate seperation or segregation policies.
I was using the term in the English sense rather than Afrikaans. After all we do use a lot of words from another Continent in our multi-cultured society.
As an aside, i discovered this in a Thesaurus.
The policy or practice of political, legal, economic, or social discrimination, as against the members of a minority group.
I also came across the words, Mumbo Jumbo
So I will stick with my original choice of adjective, Thankyou.
I am sure there are other words used in common parlance that also came from Africa. But much as I enjoy using my full vocabulary rather than relying on text speak. we are losing the point of this thread. Again I agree with your reasonable argument that we should unilaterally stand up and address the big issue.
Unfortunately, this brings us back to your Utopia where Governments and Mandarins do not give a collective toss about a lowly driver.
By the way. I advise you from stepping foot on Hull docks as the lorry driver has been well known as a cabs hitter for many years
Well whilst i welcome the many comments (plus or negative) the bottom line is that i(like some on here) would find the access to a toilet of any description at any time a great improvement to my quality of life. Just because we spend most of our working lives seen as 2nd rate citizens doesn’t mean we have to act that way. i wouldn’t advertise an on board crapper, so who would know? And have NO fear Keith, i won’t be asking you to drive around in my ■■■■■ paradise. Yr apparently choosey about cab cleanliness, some how i doubt you’d live upto my expectations. And just on the issue of hand washing after the event, There are 2/3 companies out there that have made hand washing stations for vehicles for many years, so thats really a non issue.
Whoooahhh! I just crimped off a proper monster! Had to be dealt with in 2 sections (and both were poking out of the water). Now I know not of any chemical bog…cassette or otherwise, that would be man enough to deal with one of my ogre ■■■’s! Jesus, this thing was SOOOOOO big, it came out with STGO boards, side markers and the HATO’s (traffic wombles) felt the need to cone off 2 lanes and were giving it an ■■■■■■! There’s a small chance it may have been radioactive too.
I wouldn’t want to be sleeping within 10 miles of that bad boy!
Thinkin’ 'bout cha Rob!
Saw this on the M62 today and couldn’t resist!
MR VAIN:
Well whilst i welcome the many comments (plus or negative) the bottom line is that i(like some on here) would find the access to a toilet of any description at any time a great improvement to my quality of life. Just because we spend most of our working lives seen as 2nd rate citizens doesn’t mean we have to act that way. i wouldn’t advertise an on board crapper, so who would know? And have NO fear Keith, i won’t be asking you to drive around in my ■■■■■ paradise. Yr apparently choosey about cab cleanliness, some how i doubt you’d live upto my expectations. And just on the issue of hand washing after the event, There are 2/3 companies out there that have made hand washing stations for vehicles for many years, so thats really a non issue.
i’d be proud to drive your ■■■■■ wagon mr vain , bog or no bog … its a good idea the cab bog now go and sort one out …
yours sincerely
low life trucker who never washes his hands … 
Thanks for sharing that shrek. I`ll sleep easy now
JB:
:shock:
Believe me brother…you won’t want to share it!